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F. E. V. BEANE5 TOOL FOR USE BY SMOKERS Filed NOV. 5; 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 14. 24-

F. E. V. mEANEs TOOL FOR USE BY SMOKERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 5, 1921 Patented Oct. 14, 1924 UNITE dTATES l'llhllillliillttltllt E. V. BEANIEE), till-l Iltlltlljtllfl",

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Application tiled lll'evenibcr it, will. tlerial .tll'e. 513,158.

T! 'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Funenui'cn Ema see Vnssr BIEANEEl, a subject oi the King of (treat Britain, and resident of Falcon "Works, lt allis Road, Hackney Wick, LOl1- don, IE. 9, lllngland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ".llools for Use by lilniokers (for which 1 have filed patent applications in England, dated Au" gust 5th, 1921, ldeptember 1st, 1921, and September 28rd, 1921, respectively), ct which the following a specification.

.This invention relates to tools primarly designed for use as scrapers or reainers for the bowls oi? tobacco pipes, although the tools according to the invention may be adapted also to serve other purposes such as the cutting of cigar ends, the opening and fastening of the lids of cigar boxes, and so forth. It is the principal object of the invention to provide a tool which shall be BXPttllSlblG to any required diam" eter for scraping or cutting purposes, while it can be manipulated easily by means out handles which open out the blades as such handles are pros ed together. The tool is designed to operate with a true cutting action in cleaning out a pipe bowl, as distinct from the scraping action such as is produced by radial. blades or burrs commonly formed on reamers tor pipes. Further obiects oil the invention are to combine with a pipe scraping toolnieans for serving other purposes, including a blade and soclret use- 111 for cutting cigar ends, spatula-shaped ends on the handles for use inopening bor: lids such as those oi." cigar bones, a hole and recesses being provided it deli-ed in such spatula-shaped ends of the handles in order to in removing and re-iuserting it required the nails or brads by which panying drawin box lids are secured. Another object is to provide the tool with a heat which can be used as a hammer.

The invention illustrated in the accoms, wherein Figure II. shows one term of the tool in perspective View;

FIOU'I'G 2 shows the same tool in ed 'e view Figure 3 shows a side view of the same tool, with the blades opened out; and

Figure at shows a plan of: Figure 3 loolo ing from the blade ends.

Figure 5 shows a second form of the tool in perspective view;

Figure 6 shows the tool of Figure 5 as seen from the opposite side; v Figure 7 is a side view of the tool or liigure with the blades opened out; and

Figure 8 shows a section on the line 8-tl of Figure 7' looking in the direction oi the arrows,

Figures 9 to 12 are partial perspective views hereinafter described, illustrating specific uses of the tool as shown in higur s 5 to 8.

teterring first to Figures 1 to el, the tool there shown consists of two parts a, a, stamped out oi. sheet metal to a channel section so that the one part a willfit into the other part Z), while the parts are pivotally connected by a rivet 0. Around this pivot fitted a spring (Z, the arms of which bear inside the handle portions of the parts a, b, as seen in dotted lines in Figure The ends of the handle portions are preferably closed in by bowling over the sheet metal to meet on a centre line as at c, Figure leaving no sharp corners which might hurt or nip the shin of the hand in gripping and manipulating the tool. The channel section of the parts c, l), is half cut away to form blades with cutting edges at I" and 9 beyond the pivot c, the ends of the blades being preferably rounded as at it. In the free position of the tool, as in Figure l, the handle end. of the tool is expanded by the action of the spring (Z as tar as is permitted by a lug 7c bent up from the memher a and bearing against the side of the member 7), while the blades are closed to ward one another. ll hen the tool is to be used, the blades are inserted into the bowl of the pipe from which the charred matter is to be cut out, and the handle ends are gripped together to the required. extent to spread the blades apart, whereupon the tool is turned round in the bowl (or this latter is turned with respect to the tool), while the pressure on the handles keeps the blades pressed outwardly until the bowl has been cleared out to the required extent.

'The blades will cut out the solid matter right down to the bottom or the bowl, and. in fact will also remove between them. the lasttraces oi? unburnt tobacco from the bottom, leaving the smoke passage clear. In this respect the tool differs radically in its action. from burrs or realners such as have commonly been used. hitherto, because these have a rounded end which usually pipe scraper.

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does not scrape out the material at all, but rather tends to pack it down tightly at the bottom ofthe pipe bowl, rendering it necessary to use a knife or other tool afterwards to clear out the bottom-of the pipe bowl. The edges 7', g, of the blades are sharpened with a backward rake as seen in i lgure 4, so that they exert a true cutting action, and they remove the charred matter quickly and'evenly from the bowl, while as the degree of the opening apart of the blades is varied by the extent to which the handle members are gripped together, the tool is adapted for use in cleaning out bowls of all sizes and shapes.

Referring now to Figures 5 to 8, the tool there shown is so formed as to serve other, functions in addition to those of a The two principal parts of the tool marked a and. b to correspond with Figures 1 to 4, are connected by a rivet c with a spring 03 working around the same, while the blades are formed as before with cutting edges 7, g, and with rounded ends it. The stop is also serves the same function as inFiguresfl to 4. One end of the rivet c is now formed with an enlarged head Z adaptedto serve as a hammer. The handle part b has a hole in it at 072, preferably formed with. bevelled edges as shown, and the other handle part a is formed with a. cutting edge as at n which passes across the hole on when the handle parts are pressed together toward the position of Figure 7, so that a cigar end inserted at the hole. m is effectively cutoff. In order to prevent such severed cigar ends from entering the space between the channel members a and b and possibly interferin with the action of the spring (1 for examp e, the sides of the members a, b, oppositeto those on which the hole m and blade 02 are formed, are preferably turned inwardly as at 0, p, so that the inwardly turned portions will move the one over the other, and will prevent any cigar ends; or the like from. passing the same.

The ends of the handle members are extended as shown andflattened out to form spatulas gwhich may be sharpened to any requiredextent at their edges so that either ofthem can be forced beneath the lid of a box such as a, Figure 9, in order to enable it to be prised open. Both of the spatula ends preferably have transverse and longitudinal grooves in their inner faces as indicated at 1", while the one end q has a hole a where the grooves cross and the other has a. recess or depression t. The object of these parts is as follows 2- When a box lid u held by a nail or brad i) has been opened, this nail will be left projecting from the lid: and it may be desired If so, the nail is caused to pass through thehole s of one spatula end and into depression 27 ofthe other, as indicated in Figure 10. Then the lid u is pressed down while the point of the nail -v is held in the depression so that it cannot slip laterally, and the hole 8 guides the nail so that it must become forced out straight from the lid, as in Figure 11. The projecting nail Q) can then. be gripped between the spatula ends q and removed entirely. For replacement, it can be gripped between the ends 9. with its head in the hole and recess a and t, and its shank in the transverse or longitudinal grooves whereupon it is easily pressed into the box to the required extent as in Figure 12, and can be hammered down if required by the use of the head l of the rivet c.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A tool adapted to be used as a scraper for the bowls of tobacco pipes, said tool comprising two members and a pivot connecting the same, each of said members being of rounded channel shape and the end of each beyond the pivot having approximately half the rounded channel section cut away so as to form a blade with a sharp edge with a backward rake at the salient edge of each blade extending to the extremity or tip of each blade.

2. A tool adapted to be used as a scraper for the bowls of tobacco pipes, said tool comprising two members and a pivot connecting the same, each of said members being of rounded channel shape one wider than the other such that the one member can slide within the other, the end of each of said members beyond the pivot being cut away in such a manner as to provide a blade with a sharp edge having a backward rake which extends to the extremity or ti) of each blade so that a single continuous arp edge serves to cutdeposit from the side of the tobacco pipe as well as the bottom of the pipe bowl, the members being formed and connected by the pivot in such manner that gripping together the handles will cause the blade portions to spread apart.

3. A tool adapted to be used as a scraper for the bowls of tobacco pipes, said tool comprising two members, a pivot connecting the same and a spring encircling said ivot and engaging said two members, team of said members having one portion formed as a handle and another portion on the other side of the pivot formed as a blade, the members formed and connected by the pivot in such a manner that gripping together the handles will cause the blade portions to spread apart, the blade portion of each member being formed by cutting away the mem her so as to leave approximately half of the rounded channel section and to form a single cutting edge extending to the extremit Y or tip of the blade serving to out deposit mm the side of the pipe bowl as Well as from the bottom portion 01'' the pipe bowl.

4. A tool adapted to be used as a scraper tor the bowls of tobacco pipes, and said tool comprising two members formed to a channel shape for a portion oi their length, and one of which is adapted to form a Working fit in the channel 01 the other, a pivot connecting said members, a spring tending to press apart the members at one side of the pivot Wl'lGl'G said members constitute handles adapted to be gripped in the hand, said members at the other side of the pivot being formed as blades and so disposed that the blades are opened out in proportion as the handles are gripped together, an aperture in the one handle and a cutting edge on the other handle adapted to pass across said aperture When the handles are gripped together, the sides of the ohanne1-shaped members opposite to those at which said a erture and said cutting edge respective y are formed, being turned inwardly in such manner that one inwardly-turned part over-- laps the other, such overlapping occurring in position nearer to said pivot than said aperture, whereby cigar ends cut ofl at said aperture are excluded from access to the space between the channel members near to the pivot.

FRED. E. V. BEANES" 

